Whiteley's Store is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1970. Department store. 39 related planning applications.
Whiteley's Store
- WRENN ID
- fading-groin-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Kensington and Bayswater MP: Joe Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1970
- Type
- Department store
- Address
- Whiteley's Store, Queensway W2, City of Westminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 258 809
- Coordinates
- 51.51391, -0.18798
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whiteley’s Store is a department store dating from 1908 to 1912, designed by Belcher and Joass. It is constructed with a steel frame and faced with Portland stone. The building is three storeys high with a mezzanine level. The facade has twelve main bays facing Queensway, with three subdivisions over the upper storeys. A giant fluted Doric order of columns is featured on the ground floor and mezzanine, accompanied by plate glass windows and bronze balconies. Above, a similar giant order supports a largely glazed second and third storey, incorporating projecting bay windows. The second and third storeys have small, leaded lights. A low central tower with stepped massing rises above an arched niche that contains the entrance. The building is finished with a modillion cornice. A dome is located on the south-east corner, with an entrance situated beneath it. The interior is not described in the listing.
Local climate
Whiteley's Store sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 39 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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